River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-20
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURES.

The Wisconsin legislature met on the ETH.
and organized as follows: Senate, Presi-
dent pro tenn, G. K. Erwin, Monroe county;
chief clerk, c. f. Bross, Dane; sergeant-at-
arms, T. j. George, Menomonie; post
master, Rev. Il. Stone Richardson, James
Vile Corimittces were also appointed,
with c. F. Ward, 81 Fond du Lac as chair
man Of the Judiciary In the House f. Is
Mills, o. jackson county. was made Speak
and W A. Adams Of Fond du Lac,
sergeant at arms The legislature Is 81
Republican ON joint ballot and Senator
Sawyer Will DC returned to the United
States Senate.
JAN. 12-In the House Mr.. Brighten, Mil
waukee, moved the adoption of the rules of
the last session adding an amendment to
cause all bills before being passed 70 "a third
| reading to be submitted 70 a standing com
mittee. Rudzinski and Garside, Milwaukee
socialists. violently antagonized the propo-
4 sitiOn as a scheme to deprive the majority
/ of the Milwaukee delegation elected on the
/ lobor ticket from the power heretofore exer-
/ cised by the Milwaukee delegation. Mr.
+ Brigham urged that his object was to break
/ up this vicious practice, and after sharp
debate Brigham's amendment was adopted
amid hearty applause. The new rule abro-
/ gates the custom of submitting special Mil
| waukee Hesitation to a select committee from
/ that delegation.
/ JAN. lin the Senate a bill was intro
duced to make the general term of the cir
cult court for Vernon county, special term
for the whole circuit
| The House refused to concur in the Senate
resolution for a committee of four senator's
and nine assemblymen, on the ground that
the House should have larger representa-
ton on the committee. A number OF bills
/ were introduced, one 70 increase from
5000 To Sl2.UO the annual appropriation
for Farmers Institutes; eXempting honor
ably discharged Union soldiers and sailors
from poll tax.
In the House Speaker Mills announced the
following standing committees:
MISUNDERSTANDING chairman, OF st.
Croix; Grimm, jefferson; Miller, Irempe-
leau; Brigham, Milwaukee; Taylor, Barron
Hooker, Dodge; Winans, Rock; Field, Jet-
ferson; Hamil, Ontagamie.
acknowledgements, chairman OF " al
worth, jackson, Shawanee; Mccoy, Grant
Mcconnell, Green Lake. Drewtzer- Dorsey
McCourt, Polk Grimm, Jefferson; heogh'
Milwaukee; Evans, Sank.
State Affairs McElroy, Chicago; ChaE
Toner, Winnebago Sloggy, Vernon; Free
man, La Fayette; Apple. Racine; Hadneld
Waukesha Garside, Milwaukee.
Incorporations-Hal chairman, OF Ocon
to; McCourt, Chase; Polk, Milwaukee
| Haney. kewaunee.
WAYS and Means jackson, chairman, OF
Kewaunee; Hoyt, Milwaukee; Luchlnger
Green; SchmidOffer, Fond du Lac; Lathrop
Wood
Federal Relations Porter, chairman, ot
Crawford Bortholf. Rock; NeweOmb, Pepin
Tracy, Manitowoc; Meyers, Milwaukee
Education-Barthlof. chairman. OF Polk
Human, Monroe; Murphy, Pierce; Crime
shaw. juneau; Chase, Milwaukee
Insurance, Banks and Banking-hn
, chairman, Of Fond du Lac Day, Grant
Brimel Eau Claire: Horn, Ozaukee; keogh
) Milwaukee.
Privileges and Elections chair
: man, of Waushara; Dittemore, Outagamie
] Hamil, Outagamie; Root, Sheboygan.
: Assessment and Collection of Taxes
? Dreutzer, chairman, of Door; Jones, Butfa
10: Grinde, Dane; Horn, Ozaukee; Apple
!, Racine.
Lumber and Manufactures Mcdonald
1 chairman, of Waupaca; Bremie, Eau Claire
! Miller, Dunn; Keneally, Washington; Dew
: hurst. Clark.
; Phblic improvements Sloggy, chairman
D of Vernon; Stewart, Walworth; Scott: Ia
: fayette: Craile, Manitowoc; Rudzinsk
: Milwaukee.
4 Militia-McCoy, chairman, of Grant
J. Powell, Dane Dupont, Brown; Evans, Sauk
I Stenerwald Sheboygan.
!. Agriculture-Cox, chairman, of Iowa
= Kingston. Vernon; Masters, Waupaca, Fiji
0 nelly. Brown; Heubener, Dodge.
n Town and County Observation-Disclosures
e Lincoln; Lazalle. Waushara; Murphy. MAJ
!, lnette; Dewhurst, clark; hauhelu' Nauh'
q sha.
r Roads and Bridges-Day, chairman. {
Grant: Y aughan, Lacrosse. Frost, DANE
4. Fleming, Kenosha; Riemer, Milwaukee.
h State Lands-Mohr, chairman, of Colun
G bia; Freeman, Lafayette; Nye, Rocl
Schaubs, Calumet; Terrill, Dane.
e Medical Saskatchewan, Chairman
p Dane; Clark, Columbia; Reynolds, Wa
y worth: Zimmerman, Green; Scion, Dodg
It Dunn, Milwaukee.
J. Brigham, chairman, of Milwaukee
K Avery. Sank; Hitzell, Lincoln; Roner, Maj
90 owoc McLaren. Winnebago.
$ Claims uchinger. of Green. Chairman
4 Fisher, Monroe; Ferris, Fond du Lac; !.
10 mure, Outagamie Miller, Marathon.
l. Charitable and Penal lnstitutions-Pe
lins. of Adams. chairman; Fisher, Monro
Showalter, Grant; SECULAR Washington
A. Huebener. Dodge.
g Jan is-In the Senate bill was intr
Al duced to exempt loan and building ass
a. Citations from taxation upon their bond
" mortgages and securieties.
a. In the House bills were introduced for
s, county tax of one fifth of a mill for fun
e for the relief of INDECENT soldiers and sa
m ors: to provide penalty of 50 TO 500 I
ne sending impure milk or cream to creame
is les or cheese factories by farmers.
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